Obergefell v. Hodges

Obergefell v. Hodges is a landmark US Supreme Court case that concluded, on 26 June 2015, that same-sex couples have the fundamental right to marry under the 14th Amendment. The court case overturned Baker v. Nelson and required for all states to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, forcing the fourteen states that had not already granted marriage licenses to same-sex couples to do so. The court case was controversial, as extremely conservative US Republican Party politicians claimed that the court case violated states rights and was unconstitutional. In 2015, Donald Trump announced that he would leave it up to the states to choose if same-sex marriage was legal or illegal.